The success that Pantera had, I could have never, ever forecasted or predicted, and I always felt a responsibility to try to pay even a bit of it forward.
We will be drawing down some troops. If the president wants to try to turn that into the beginning of a success, he actually, I think, has some opportunity.
We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
I try to write about how we live today, how we use language, technology, our bodies.
I love to read about healthy eating and preach to my husband, who doesn't listen. Now I'm trying to teach it to my daughters.
I love finding and doing new things and trying stuff out; that's my favorite thing to do.
I don't want to get pigeon-holed into a certain kind of character. I love action roles and the hero, but I want to keep trying something new.
I just love to have fun with music, and try to find songs that say something that people want to hear.
The hardest situation to stay happy in, I think, is when you're trying to find love, and yourself at the same time. It just doesn't seem to fit well.
I try to embrace people with love, unconditional love, like Christ did.
I have a very pop voice, but there's so much of me I associate mostly with urban music, so I try to blend the two.
For a long time I was interested in being a social worker. In a lot of ways I feel that that's all my music is, trying to help people.
How I set myself apart is by creating the sort of real and honest music, which is who I'm also trying to be.
People think that when they're playing it safe, they're trying to preserve what they have, but there is no preservation of what you have in music. There's no safety in music.
I was listening to all those lyrics and trying to take in everything that was happening. I was completely excited. It was one of the greatest times that I had listening to music.
I just want to keep making music, recording and trying different things. I don't want to do the same thing all the time.
I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a Mozart of rock music.
Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.
My music is based on melody and when I play the piano, it's as if I'm singing with them. When you try to transform that into a vocal, there was very little adjustment.
Too much coffee. Too much coffee and Gatorade. It's a hell of a mix. If you're ever tired in the morning, just try that mix, and tell me what you think.
Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.
